Collar-fastening.



E. K. MABRY. COLLAR FIASTVENING. APPLlcAlon FILED APR. 22. m15.

Patented June 13, 1916.y

Ik naw@ ELBA KENNETH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MABRY. F HOLDENVILLIE. OKLAHOMA. ASSIGNOR F ONE-THIRD TO JOHN WL GILILLAND. OF HOLDENVILLE. OKLAHOMA.

COLLAR-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latented June 13,1916.

4To all whom it may com-ern Be it known that I. l.i.n.\ K.. BIAnRY, a

.-citizen of the l'nited States. residing at' which is objectionable because of the difficulty usually experienced in manipulating' such button to secure or release the collar, and foi' the further reason that such button frequently exerts annoying pressure upon vthe back of the neck and prevents the free sliding of the tie when adjusting and forming the same into a knot.

' The invention consists of a fastening which may be applied to any variety of collar, said fastening embodying a clip and a garment engaging member. the clip serving to secure the fastening to the collar and the garment engaging member being adapted to enter the pocketusnally formed at the back of a shirt band.

The invention, furthermore, consists of a fastening embodying a clip hav-ing a projection upon thev inner side of one oof the, gripping members to enter the. button hole at'the back of the collar oil to grip collar in a manner to prevent possib e slipping of the fastening, the closed end of the clip being of such form as to comfortably receive the lower edge of the collar without interfering with thev gripping action ofthe elements of the cli lVith these and) other objects in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated asimple and' preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,

but that chan es, alterations and modifications within t e scope of the invention-as claimed :hay be resorted to when desired.

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Referring to the dra\viiig.-l `igure l is a. perspective view of a collar provided with a fastening embodying the invention; liig. i! isa section on theline 2-2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a sectional vic`w of a modifie-l form of fastening; Fig. Jr is a similarA view of afnrtlier modification. l

- Corresponding and like pai'ts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the saine reference characters.

The fasten-ing is adapted to be applied to collars of different styles whether of the lav down or standing variety. In its gneral form the fastening embodies a clip and il garment engaging member, the several parts being preferably formed of a siigle piece of sheet material bent into the shape required.

- rl`he fastening shown in Figs. 1 and coinpriscs a clip' embodying members 1 and i! of different lengths. the membei'i'z?. being of less length than the member 1 and adapted to extend along the inner face of the collar.

`The garment engaging member 3 projects from the clip member 2 about in line therewith and is spaced trom the inner face of the collar so as to facilitate itsengagcinent with the garment to which the collar is to be attached. The upper edge of the garment engaging member il is provided with :in in tegral upstanding extension or tab Il", the end walls of which are inclined lownwardly and gradually merge into the upper edge of the member 3, said extensipn or tab constituting a pilot and facilitatii'ig the introduction of the tab within the pocket of the neck band of a shirt. A projection 4 extends from the member 2 toward the member 1 so as to enter the button hole of the collar or to positively grip the same a short distance from the lower edge of the collar. thereby preventing casual displacement o the fastening when properly positioned upon the collar.

In the form of fastening shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the clip comprises members 1c and 2c and a garment engaging member 3", the latter being offset with respect. to the member 2. A projection 4C is disposed to overhang the member 2c and is located at 105 the juncture of the members 2 and 3c. The projection 4 serves to positively engage the collar as also to space the member 3 from the collar to facilitate its ready engagement Y with the pocket of the shirt band or with 1.10

is claimed as new is thereon.

fstenin' -herein ldisclosed may be. 4constructed 4Ofa eetmaterialwhich may be bent into anyI desired shapeA and .which may the pm afaieffgarmtat a) which the qua is tobe attached.-

- The fastening. illustrated/in' Fig. 4 cani-j .prises a clip embodying gripping members 1" and-2d and a garment engaging member 3 which is'fn line with 'the memberQdf. The grippjnggmembers of the. clip are formed wlt to positively grip opposite sidesof the collar. so as to hold Thebe attached toany styleof collar since the clip forms convenient. means for securing the fasteningto the collar. The fasten- 'ing admits of the collarbeing 'placed in position about the neck Ofthewearer and attached to the garment at one operation since the memberprojecting from the-clip 'may be engaged with thegarment at thesameoperationand movement required to place the collar in position. t is obvious that the collar may be removed and unfastened at a single operati-on` since Withdrawal .ofthe collar from about the neck may be effected at the Same time that the engaging member Ais released from .the garment'. The fasten" so.t

ing is of such a nature-as .to lie. close against the face of the collar receiving the tie, hence offers no obstruction; to -the free sliding movement of the ltie when adjusting the same in the formation oftbeknot. The projections of the clip members insure firm gripping action {of the clip and prevent casual displacement of the fastening-after the latter hasbeen' pla-ced in position upon the collar.

Having-thus described the invention, what 1. A collar fastenerfconiprising a clip having gripping members adapted to em brace 'opposite .sides of a collar'and insertible thereon from belowbya lsliding movement,

'.nner projections dwhich' are adaptedthe 4fastening in place Y one Aof the gripping being offset throughout a 'portion' v of. "its 'length tended inthe same general direction as" 'members to form anattaching tab for insertion into the pocket -oa neckLband.

one o the gripping members having a proabove the projection being offset and 'ex- 3. A 'collar fastener comprising a clip Iadapted to "embrace the lower edge of a bers, the free end'ofl one of which is propocket of a neck-band, the side 'edges of the tab 'being inclined downwardly and gradually merged `into the adjacent gripping member, said fastener being held 1 n position on'the collar by frictional engagement 'therewith and having the ends of theta-b and clip extending in the lsame direction'.v

4. A collar fastener comprising a collar members Aand a'n attaching tab projecting from the clip 'inthe same general directionl as the gripping members and offset there-'-l .65 collarf and including resilient gripping mem,- f

vided w-ith areduced extension constituting -an attaching tab for insertion into the' fromto 4enter a pocket formed ,in the Aneekband of a shirt.

.' In testimony whereof .YI 'affix my signature in'v presence-of' two witnesses ELBA KENNETH maar. [1.. 5,1

' lVitnesses: i I

GILILLAND, EMILY ICAMP. 

